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Member Since 2000
Elizabeth S. Cochran
Research Geophysicist, USGS Earthquake Science Center
Professional Experience
USGS Earthquake Science Center
Research Geophysicist
2011 - Present
Education
Doctorate
2005
Current Roles
Member
Seismology Keiiti Aki Young Scientist Award Committee
Publications
GRAPES: Earthquake Early Warning by Passing Seismic Vectors Through the Grapevine
Estimating an earthquake's magnitude and location may not be necessary to predict shaking in real time; instead, wavefield‐based approaches p...
May 08, 2024
Incorporating Intensity Distance Attenuation Into PLUM Groun...
February 13, 2024
Quantifying Site Effects and Their Influence on Earthquake S...
September 07, 2023
The 2020 Westmorland, California Earthquake Swarm as Aftersh...
November 16, 2022
Stress Heterogeneity as a Driver of Aseismic Slip During the...
August 24, 2022
AGU Abstracts
To heal or not to heal?: The moment-recurrence time behavior of repeating earthquakes in the 2011 Prague, Oklahoma aftershock sequence is consistent with laboratory healing rates
DERISKING INDUCED AND TRIGGERED EARTHQUAKES: ADVANCES IN THEORY, MONITORING, AND FORECAST MODELING II ORAL
seismology | 15 december 2023
Kristina Okamoto, Heather M. Savage, Emily E. Brod...
The competition between fault healing (i.e., re-strengthening) and fault loading determine the seismic cycle. Therefore, understanding how faults stre...
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Interplay of Fault Architecture, Fluid Migration, and Fault Roughness in Controlling Earthquake Swarm Evolution: Insights from the Cahuilla, California Swarm
ORIGINS AND IMPLICATIONS OF HETEROGENEITIES IN DRY AND FLUID-PRESSURIZED FAULT ZONES ACROSS SCALES II ORAL
tectonophysics | 15 december 2023
Elizabeth S. Cochran, Zachary E. Ross, Morgan T. P...
We investigate the dynamics governing earthquake swarm evolution, focusing on the interplay of fault architecture, fluid migration, and fault roughnes...
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High-Fidelity Simulations of Induced Earthquakes Inform Operational Management Strategies
GEOENERGY-INDUCED SEISMICITY: DETECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND MITIGATION V POSTER
seismology | 15 december 2023
Kayla Kroll, Elizabeth S. Cochran, Christopher She...
As carbon storage technologies advance globally, methods to understand and mitigate induced earthquakes become increasingly important. While the funda...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2024
Member
Seismology Keiiti Aki Young Scientist Award Committee
2013 - 2019
Associate Editor
JGR Solid Earth Section
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